IND vs PAK, World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma becomes 1st Indian to hit 300 sixes in ODI cricket

Rohit Sharma continued his red-hot form with a sensational unbeaten fifty against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2023 match on Saturday, October 14. Indian captain gave India a flying start with a 36-ball fifty while chasing a 192-run target at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium and also achieved a huge milestone in ODI cricket.

Indian bowlers pulled off an impressive performance to bowl out their rivals on just 191 runs while batting first. Then Rohit Sharma gave India a sensational start with a first-ball boundary off Shaheen Afridi and went on to smash three maximums to complete 300 sixes in ODI cricket. He became the first Indian cricketer to reach this historic milestone and is now only behind Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi in the list of most sixes in



50-over international cricket.

Most sixes in ODI cricket:

Shahid Afridi - 351 sixes in 369 innings

Chris Gayle - 331 sixes in 294 innings

Rohit Sharma - 300* sixes in 246 innings

Sanath Jayasuriya - 270 sixes in 433 innings

MS Dhoni - 229 sixes 297 innings

Rohit finished his innings with six sixes as he top-scored with 86 runs off 63 balls. Shreyas Iyer also scored an unbeaten fifty to boost India to an easy seven-wicket chase. Rohit is enjoying a sensational run in 2023 in ODIs with 875 runs in 18 innings with the help of two hundreds and seven fifties. He also topped the chart for most sixes in 2023 with 47 maximums after his six areal boundaries against Pakistan.